RetepNamenots Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Hi! I have known for a while that I will be studying graphic communication/ design at university next year. I have been to a few open days, and as I expected the general consensus is that I will have to use a Mac. Obviously I don't want to go straight into the year without any experience of OSX, so I want to install it onto my PC. Here is a list of my hardware: Asus P5K-E WiFi AP Motherboard With onboard Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB2.0 Network Adapter Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU 2Gb Corsair DDR2 PC2-6400 Memory 500Gb Samsung Spinpoint T Hard Drive nVidia 8800GTX Graphics Card Now, what I would like to know is whether or not I will be able to get OSX running fully? I don't mind using the whole hard drive if it is easier to. Secondly, I play a lot of games. Would I be able to install Windows through Boot Camp on OSX? Then play my games as usual? Finally, what would be the best method of installing OSX (As I know that there are several methods available). Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sama7896 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 use kalyway 10.5.2. You should have all things working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-792821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetepNamenots Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Okay, I'll give that a try now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-792827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetepNamenots Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Just a quick question while it's burning: I have... 'acquired' the DVD that you suggested. Do I just set my BIOS options as shown in the wiki and boot from DVD? Will it allow me to choose things like kernel? Which kernel do I want if it does? Thanks Edit: Trying to install, but I'm getting the error message: system config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found. I think it's because I'm using an IDE DVD drive jMicron. Is there a workaround (without me having to go and buy a SATA DVD drive?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-792907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alamoa Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I would have bought a second smaller HD to install OSX86 on it. If anything goes wrong you can have your data in a safe place. that is wise as long as graphic files are harder to recover. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-792927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetepNamenots Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 I would have bought a second smaller HD to install OSX86 on it. If anything goes wrong you can have your data in a safe place. that is wise as long as graphic files are harder to recover. I'm not bothered about losing files to be honest Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-792932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Zef's Chameleon Bootloader pacth for Kalyway 10.5.2 is available in the forums which will patch the standard Kalyway ISO file to be able to boot from Jmicron IDE DVD Drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111969-i-would-like-some-advice-re-how-to-install-osx/#findComment-793617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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